On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 17:21 +0530, Raj Mathur wrote:
Without getting into the details of whether the Kerala experiment is a total, partial or not at all a success from a free software point of view, all I wanted was soft copies of existing work that can be used for schools, for teachers and for train the trainers programmes under an open licence. If there are lacunae in the courseware we're quite open to filling them. However, without those basic tools the whole discussion is meaningless for me, at least from the specific requirement with which I approached the list -- all it means is that we need a new team to develop everything from scratch.
The IT textbooks for classes 8, 9, and 10 are available in English and the last one is available for download too. The teachers handbook is also available in English, I think. But all are available only as hard copies. If you can make do with them, it may be possible to arrange to get them for you. As for the content, I think the 10th class textbook has the best design. Though the licence is not printed, I am pretty sure that no one is going to be concerned if you copy and use the material.
Something someone said at the recent FOSSCOMM meeting in Delhi led me to understand that all the course (at all 3 levels) was available for download under an open licence.
Yes, I too was surprised to hear that. But since I have not been involved in the textbook writing process for a few years, I thought that he may have more recent information.
Best